Comparison

Scanner PDF vs Fold

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Scanner PDF

Digitize, organize, and share documents from your iPhone. Scan paper, IDs, and books into organized digital files. Edit, sign, convert to various formats, and protect sensitive information with this versatile utility.

Highlights
  • Scan documents, IDs, and books
  • Create multi-page scans
  • Extract text with OCR
  • Sign documents on phone
  • Convert to PDF, JPG, PNG, DOCX, XLSX
  • Protect files with PIN and Secure Vault
Features
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Scanner PDF: Convert and Sign helps you digitize, organize, edit and share documents directly from your iPhone. Turn paper documents into clean digital files, scan IDs, passports, books, QR codes and multi-page documents, then save everything in one organized document hub. Whether you need to sign a contract, extract text, convert a file, protect private documents or quickly share a PDF, Scanner gives you the essential tools in one simple app. Scan documents with your camera, import files or photos, edit them with useful tools, and export in the format you need. Key features: • Scan documents, IDs, passports and books • Create multi-page scans • Extract text with OCR • Scan QR codes • Sign documents directly on your phone • Add text, images, highlights and watermarks • Blur or hide sensitive information • Add page numbers and form elements • Merge documents • Convert files to PDF, JPG, PNG, DOCX and XLSX • Organize documents in My Documents • Mark files as favorites • Compress files before sharing • Share documents using the iOS share sheet • Protect private files with Secure Vault and PIN • Restore recently deleted files from Trash Scanner is designed for everyday paperwork: receipts, contracts, notes, IDs, invoices, forms, school documents and business files. Some features may require a subscription. Subscription details, renewal terms and cancellation options are shown before purchase. Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/privacyvrtg/inicio

About

Fold

This app offers a private PDF toolkit for managing documents on your device. It allows you to scan, merge, split, organize, and extract text from PDFs, with advanced features available through a one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • Scan documents and create PDFs
  • Merge, split, and organize pages
  • Extract text and inspect details
  • Compress large PDFs
  • Add watermarks and page numbers
  • Redact sensitive content
  • Summarize documents
Features
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Every PDF you need, on your phone — and nowhere else. Fold is a private PDF toolkit for iPhone and iPad. Open a document, do the job, and share the result. No account. No upload step. The work stays on your device. THE EVERYDAY TOOLS, FREE - View, merge, split, organize, and rotate pages - Scan documents and turn images into PDFs - Extract text and inspect document details - Check for cover-ups that still leave selectable text behind POWER TOOLS WITH FOLD PRO One lifetime purchase unlocks the heavy lifting: - Compress large PDFs down to a shareable size - Add watermarks, page numbers, headers, and footers - Edit document details and fill PDF forms - Export to images, Word documents, and spreadsheets - Create PDFs from HTML - Redact sensitive content with flattened, automatically verified output - Make archival-style copies for long-term storage - Summarize documents and ask questions on supported devices BUILT AROUND YOUR FILES Outputs land in Recents, so you can reopen, preview, and share without digging through temporary folders. Everything stays close to the file it came from. HONEST BY DESIGN School forms, contracts, receipts, client packets, scans, board documents — Fold is built for that reality. It is quiet, local, and honest about exactly what each tool does. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts. No ads. No uploads. Your documents never leave your device unless you choose to share them. Do the job, keep it private. Download Fold.

Screenshots

Scanner PDF4 screens
Fold4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Fold at none against Scanner PDF's shown. Scanner PDF's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 1) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Scanner PDF sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days and Fold sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Scanner PDF against 5.0 for Fold. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scanner PDF has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Scanner PDF versus Fold: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScanner PDFFold
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (9 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better1
Update frequencyDaily—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVertigo SLRene DeAnda

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Scanner PDF

Subscriptions2
  • Premium week3 Days trial$9.997 Days
  • Premium year3 Days trial$49.991 Year
1 purchases

Fold

One-time1
  • Fold Pro Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is Scanner PDF free?
Scanner PDF is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fold free?
Fold is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Scanner PDF or Fold?
Fold is rated higher. Scanner PDF averages 4.9 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Fold averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Scanner PDF or Fold have ads?
Scanner PDF shows ads; Fold does not.

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